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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split p...
Postcard

Ice House Bay

Date: 1913
Description: Ice House Bay and the lake. A man and a dog are standing on dock in the foreground, and on the right is a man in rowboat. There is a large building on the...
Postcard

Beloit Iron Works and Rock River

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of the iron works and river. There is another factory on the opposite side of the river behind the trees on the right.
Print

Invitation to Ice Chippers Farewell

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men...
Drawing

"An Invitation, Automation on Ice!"

Date: 
Description: Cartoon of warmly dressed men working on conveyor belt on a frozen lake. Fish on a stringer are being pulled up from a hole in the ice onto the conveyor be...
Photograph

Ship at Dock

Date: 07 29 1928
Description: Elevated view of a ship at dock. The name of the ship is Maplehill. Label reads: "IH twine mills have a capacity of more, than 100,00 tons a year .....
Postcard

Saw Mill

Date: 1909
Description: View of a sawmill next to a river. Conveyor ramps are leading into the building. Caption reads: "Saw Mill, Marinette, Wis."
Photograph

TD-24 — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: View towards a man driving a TD-24. In the background are cranes, and a ship at the shoreline. Subject: "TD-24 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "MW." Inf...
Photograph

Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
Photograph

Pickwick Dam

Date: 08 01 1936
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Pickwick Dam under construction.
Photograph

Guntersville Dam

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Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Guntersville Dam.
Photograph

Chickamauga Dam

Date: 03 11 1937
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Chickamauga Dam.
Photograph

Chickamauga Dam

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: Aerial, panoramic view towards the Chickamauga Dam.
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Guntersville Dam

Date: 02 09 1939
Description: Elevated, panoramic view from downstream shoreline towards the Guntersville Dam.

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